Definition of Festuca ovina

1. Noun. Cultivated for sheep pasturage in upland regions or used as a lawn grass.

Exact synonyms: Sheep Fescue, Sheep's Fescue
Generic synonyms: Grass
Group relationships: Festuca, Genus Festuca

Lexicographical Neighbors of Festuca Ovina

Ferrein's tube
Ferrein's vasa aberrantia
Ferris
Ferris wheel
Ferris wheels
Ferry
Ferry-Porter law
Fertile Crescent
Fes
Fescennia
Fescennine
Festival of Lights
Festivus
Festuca
Festuca elatior
Festuca ovina (current term)
Feta cheese
Feta cheeses
Fetta cheese
Fetta cheeses
Feuerbachian
Feuillant
Feuillants
Feulgen reaction
Feulgen reagent
Feulgen stain
Fevold test
Few
Feyerabendian
Feynman

Literary usage of Festuca ovina

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Forage Plants and Their Culture by Charles Vancouver Piper (1914)
"The forms of Festuca ovina native to North America are much fewer than in Europe. Typical Festuca ovina occurs rather sparingly as a native in the Rocky ..."

2. An Encyclopædia of Agriculture: Comprising the Theory and Practice of the by John Claudius Loudon (1826)
"This species is nearly allied to the festuca ovina, from which it differ» little, except that it is larger in 'every respect. The produce, and the nutritive ..."

3. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"... fescue grass, festuca ovina. See FESTUCA. This is perhaps the most valuable grass of all. It is observed to grow and thrive in lands of all qualities ..."

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